November 17, 2021 KANKAKEE, IL - A fire sprinkler controlled a fire at the front entrance of the Hilton Garden Inn in Kankakee. Firefighters were dispatched to the hotel after a heating element caused the fire inside the ceiling area [...]

November 16, 2021 SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL - A single fire sprinkler contained a kitchen fire at the Wok-N-Fire restaurant in South Barrington, protecting eight employees who were in the building at the time of the fire. According to Fire Chief [...]

November 13, 2021 LINCOLNSHIRE, IL - A fire sprinkler stopped a fire from spreading in a two-story townhouse until the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Department arrived and extinguished the remaining fire. The home had working smoke alarms and alerted the residents to [...]

November 11, 2021 SCHAUMBURG, IL - A single fire sprinkler contained a fire inside a room at an extended stay hotel. A contractor working with chemicals that contacted a heat source caused the fire. Residents were not displaced from the [...]

November 5, 2021 LAKE ZURICH, IL - A single fire sprinkler contained a fire caused by a floor cleaning machine inside Lake Zurich Middle School - South Campus. The blaze was contained to the area of origin. The school was [...]

October 23, 2021 ROMEOVILLE, IL – A single fire sprinkler stopped a fire from spreading in a bedroom of a 20-unit apartment building in Romeoville.  According to William Sterling, Deputy Fire Marshal, Romeoville Fire Department, it is believed an unattended [...]